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André Ekyan
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French conductor and clarinetist (1907–1972)
Film & TV
Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France
André Ekyan (born André Echkyan, October 24, 1907, Meudon - August 1972, Alicante, Spain) was a French jazz reedist. Ekyan was the leader of a jazz ensemble at the club Le Perroquet in Paris late in the 1920s. in the 1930s, he played with Jack Hylton, Gregor, and Tommy Dorsey, and recorded with Django Reinhardt for several years. Other associations include work with Tommy Benford, Jacques…
Known for
- Le Cercle Rouge — Rico1970
- Django Reinhardt — Self1957
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1907-10-24
- Active to
- 1972-08-09
jazz
Discography
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- Listeners
- 613
- Total plays
- 2,381
Tags
jazz
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- André
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Meudon
- Place of death
- Girona
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Languages spoken
- French
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
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- date of birth
- 1907-10-24
- date of death
- 1972-08-09
- name in native language
- André Ekyan
- birth name
- André Lucien Jean Ekchyan
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